The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 4, 2016
Waxing Crescent
20.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:08 PM
10:16 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.7%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1161
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.7° / 113.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 27m / -18.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.49° / 4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.50° / -5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.84° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.